Diversity and diachrony / edited by David Sankoff.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Sankoff, David.

Conference Name:

Conference on New Ways of Analyzing Variation (12th : 1983 : Université de Montréal)

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 53.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 53

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Variation--Congresses.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (444 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume contains a selection of papers originally presented at the 12th Conference on New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAVE), held in Montréal in 1983. It is divided into three sections: 1. Varieties of English and their history; 2. Change and variation in Romance; 3. Functions and discourse.

Contents:

DIVERSITY AND DIACHRONY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Preface; CONTRIBUTORS; I. VARIETIES OF ENGLISH AND THEIR HISTORY; DE FACTO SEGREGATION OF BLACK AND WHITE VERNACULARS; 1. A SEGREGATED CITY; 2. THE BLACK ENGLISH VERNACULAR IN PHILADELPHIA; 3. SOCIAL NETWORKS AND SOCIAL HISTORIES; 3.1.THE THIRD SINGULAR /S/; 3.2. THE POSSESSIVE /S/; 4. THE GRAMMATICAL RE-INTERPRETATION OF S; 5. DIFFERENTIATION IN THE SOUND PATTERN; 6. WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHY; NOTES; REFERENCES; THE USE OF THE VERBAL -S INFLECTIONIN BEV; REFERENCES

LINGUISTIC CORRELATES OF INTER-ETHNIC CONTACTNOTES; REFERENCES; TESTING LISTENERS'' REACTIONS TO PHONOLOGICAL MARKERS OF ETHNIC IDENTITY: A NEW METHOD FOR SOCIOLINGUISTIC RESEARCH; DESIGN OF THE EXPERIMENT; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; SUMMARY; NOTES; REFERENCES; OF-REDUCTION IN BLACK ENGLISH: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. BLACK ENGLISH STUDIES; 3. OF IN ENGLISH OF EARLIER PERIODS; 4. PRESENTATION OF DATA ON OF-REDUCTION IN BLACK ENGLISH; 5. ANALYSIS OF THE DATA; 6. THE GRAMMATICALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; 7. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CONTRASTIVE USE OF VERBAL -Ζ IN SLAVE NARRATIVES; NOTES

REFERENCESMORE EVIDENCE FOR MAJOR VOWEL CHANGEIN THE SOUTH; METHODOLOGY; RESULTS; BACK SHIFT; FRONT SHIFT; UPPER CLASS; CONCLUSIONS; SUMMARY; NOTES; REFERENCES; VARIATION AND THE STUDY OF ENGLISH HISTORICAL SYNTAX; NOTES; REFERENCES; THE DEVELOPMENT OF PREVERBAL ONLY IN EARLY MODERN ENGLISH; INTRODUCTION; THE DATA BASE; PREVERBAL POSITION OF ONLY; KNOCKOUT CONTEXTS; FEATURES PROMOTING PREVERBAL ONLY; FEATURE HIERARCHY; WHY PREVERBAL ONLY?; CONCLUSION; NOTES; TEXTS QUOTED; REFERENCES; ON THE USE OF THE MODAL AUXILIARIES CAN AND MAY IN EARLY AMERICAN ENGLISH; 1. EARLY AMERICAN ENGLISH; 2. TEXTS

3. MODAL AUXILIARIES IN EARLY AMERICAN ENGLISH3.1. INTRODUCTION; 3.2. METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS; 3.3 RESULTS OF THE ANALYSIS; NOTES; TEXTS USED; REFERENCES; IS THERE AN ADVERBIAL IN THIS TEXT? (AND IF SO, WHAT IS IT DOING THERE?); 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. RESULTS; 2.1. THE FREQUENCY OF ADVERBIALS; 2.2. THE OCCURRENCE OF SEMANTIC AND STRUCTURAL TYPES OF ADJUNCTS; 3. CONCLUSIONS AND PROSPECTS; NOTES; REFERENCES; SYNTACTIC DEVELOPMENT AFTER CHILDHOOD: BEYOND THE VERNACULAR?; 1. ORIENTATION; 2. COMPLEX SYNTAX AND PROBLEMS IN THE ANALYSIS OF SPEECH

3. QUALITATIVE ASPECTS OF LATE EMERGING COMPLEX SYNTAX4. QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS; 5. DISCUSSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; II. CHANGE AND VARIATION IN ROMANCE; GOING THROUGH (L) IN CANADIAN FRENCH; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. HISTO RICAL OVERVIEW OF (l)-DELETION; 3. PREVIOUS STUDIES OF (l)-DELETION; 4. DATA AND METHODS; 5. RESULTS; 5.1. SUBJECT CLITICS; 5.2 OBJECT PRONOUNS; 5.3 ARTICLES; 5.4 THE SOCIAL CONDITIONING OF (L)-DELETION; 6. ONE RULE, TWO OR THREE; 7. DISCUSSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; /S/ DELETION AND PRONOUN USAGE IN PUERTO RICAN SPANISH; I. INTRODUCTION; II. METHODOLOGY; III. MAIN RESULTS

IV. FURTHER RESULTS

Notes:

A selection of papers, revised and updated, originally presented at the Twelfth Conference on New Ways of Analyzing Variation, held at the Université de Montréal on Oct. 27-29, 1983.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-31398-7

9786613313980

90-272-7943-8

OCLC:

816868650